Comments on: Week 48 Results: 5.9 oz of plastic wastehttp://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/05/week-48-results-59-oz-of-plastic-waste/
Think we can't live without plastic? Think again. In 2007 I committed to stop buying any new plastic & I've almost succeeded! Won't you join me? Let's see what plastic-free looks like today... for the health of our bodies, our oceans, our planet. ~Beth TerryMon, 02 Mar 2015 21:05:16 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1By: Jcsshttp://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/05/week-48-results-59-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-211976
Fri, 29 Aug 2014 03:12:30 +0000http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/05/week-48-results-5-9-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-211976I have no research backing this up but egg yolks are a great first food for infants along with mashed meat. I am not sure why this wouldn’t also be good for a kitten. We have been feeding our kitten somewhat off of our table. I always make extra scrambled eggs for him and take them out when they are really soft. I also give him raw a cooked ground beef and chicken when I am making dinner. He loves little pieces of sliced turkey lunch meat and pieces of cheddar cheese. We have not had any diarrhea problems.
]]>By: Latin Loverhttp://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/05/week-48-results-59-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-2439
Thu, 22 May 2008 20:54:00 +0000http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/05/week-48-results-5-9-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-2439“I wish I had a fake plastic fish to put in the shipment as well…it would be like the mark of Zorro (anybody remember him?).”

For feeding your cats you might want to contact Dr. Lisa Pierson. I use her recipe to feed my cats (including two starting when they were 7 months old). I got my vet to approve the recipe and both the youngsters are hale and hearty at almost 2 years old now.

I’ve emailed her a couple of times and she is always kind and responsive.

I’ve gone through the diabetes nightmare with my oldest that I lost a couple of years ago. I can say categorically he was a diabetic becuase we did not know better and raised him on dry commercial food. But I digress and get on my soapbox.

Check out her site and if you have questions on their age, email her.

]]>By: Mind, Body, Spirit, Healthhttp://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/05/week-48-results-59-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-2416
Tue, 20 May 2008 20:01:00 +0000http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/05/week-48-results-5-9-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-2416About the cat food. Cats are carnivores, strictly. Try just feeding them meat. Chicken, Fish, Beef. No pork. Hard on the liver. Then give them some cat greens (you can grow them from seed really easily in a pot) and they should respond well. Meat is all the nutrition any cat who is weaned should need. Unlike humans, who are frugivores technically but omnivores practically.
]]>By: Mind, Body, Spirit, Healthhttp://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/05/week-48-results-59-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-2415
Tue, 20 May 2008 19:55:00 +0000http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/05/week-48-results-5-9-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-2415AFter reading your blog today (and the one of 365 days of trash, I emailed four companies, all of whom are purveyors of organic foods: Whole Foods Market, EarthFare, Garner’s Natural Foods and Stonyfield Farms. I wrote basically the same thing to them all:

I started shopping at EarthFare when I moved to Greenville a few years ago. It was great to find your store close to where I lived that offered the products I like – organic, environmentally friendly, etc. Over the years I have shopped at many natural/organic groceries and I feel it is my way of voting with my pocketbook. There is one thing that I am paying attention to now in almost all the stores (yours too) is bothering me.

That is, plastic. Plastic grocery bags, produce bags, product containers, salad bar cutlery, the list goes on. What would your company do if it had to manage the plastic trash that resulted from all the sales in all of your stores? If we, as consumers, had the option to just return the plastic to the store and drop it off. Recycle? Still toxic, still uses energy, still makes more plastic. Have you heard of the Pacific Gyre and the mound of garbage in the middle of the ocean?

Please visit these websites and let me know how your company is thinking about ways to reduce waste. I am going to make an earnest effort to stop buying plastic and things that are sold in plastic. It will be difficult – I love shampoo, bath products, beauty products, organic grape tomatoes, cheese, yogurt, acai beverages. What to do?

]]>By: jennconspiracyhttp://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/05/week-48-results-59-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-2414
Tue, 20 May 2008 18:45:00 +0000http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/05/week-48-results-5-9-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-2414I use the dry food from our neighborhood pet store (the one across from the horrible Wendy’s and the delightful Sabuy Sabuy) – called “Premium Edge.”

I only give the boys wet food on occasion — they have great fur and are very fit. I measure exactly how much they get (though morning foods are getting earlier and earlier as they think I needs waking 2 hours before sunrise).

No live prey for my kitties – there is a reason that feral cats who eat nothing but live prey have very short lifespans.

The average housecat can expect to live 15 years or better — most feral/stray cats surviving on prey are not so long lived.

Cats can get all kinda nasty stuff from eating raw prey that affects their health and life expectancy. Ever notice how skinny cats in the country get in the summer in N California? That’s from eating lizards — for whatever reason, eating lizards makes them lose weight (but lizard population control keeps rattlesnakes away).

I figure with raw vegetables, they can eat as much as they want — apple peel doesn’t make them throw up like grass does and is more nutritious. Oh – avocado, they like that, too. :)

]]>By: terrible personhttp://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/05/week-48-results-59-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-2413
Tue, 20 May 2008 18:32:00 +0000http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/05/week-48-results-5-9-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-2413Hey! the FDA says bisphenol A is OK! Phew! I was worried there for a while. But if the completely objective, well-staffed FDA says so, it must be true!
]]>By: cat herderhttp://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/05/week-48-results-59-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-2412
Tue, 20 May 2008 17:32:00 +0000http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/05/week-48-results-5-9-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-2412Hi Beth,

I would get an opinion from another vet about the homemade food. It is possible he/she was worried that the kitties may not get important nutrients that are added to the premade food.

Treat the diarrhea seriously though!Do they eat any treats that might cause diarrhea?You may want to keep them on the food that works until they are older and then try experimenting with homemade/whole/raw food. Remember to introduce new foods slowly!

Good luck!

]]>By: terrible personhttp://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/05/week-48-results-59-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-2411
Tue, 20 May 2008 17:10:00 +0000http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/05/week-48-results-5-9-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-2411So they apparently started the cleanup after the Bay to Breakers a little early for some people’s tastes.

But here’s the really sad part (quoting from the above-linked article):

“Many entrepreneurial passers-by were filling shopping trolleys with empty bottles and cans as The City’s cleanup crews drew near, but much of the recyclable material that the passers-by missed was crushed along with unrecyclable trash in dump trucks.

Golden Gate Disposal and Recycling Co. set up recycling points along the route, according to general manager Maurice Quillen. He said event organizers were responsible for making sure waste was sorted properly, and he said recyclable material mixed with trash will end up in landfill.”

Anarres, I’m really sorry about your accident! I hope the irresponsible jerk who doored you will pay for your lost time (and medical bills, though, I guess, since you’re in Canada, that’s taken care of?)

And badhuman, careful about using that name around here; it may be actionably close to

terrible person

]]>By: Clifhttp://myplasticfreelife.com/2008/05/week-48-results-59-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-2410
Tue, 20 May 2008 16:59:00 +0000http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/05/week-48-results-5-9-oz-of-plastic-waste/#comment-2410My huggybear ordered some underwear from OneHanesPlace.com and each brief arrived with a small plastic hanger and wrapped in plastic. After unpacking everything I piled the plastic in a heap on the floor and took a picture. I’m sending the plastic hangers back along with the picture and a request that they back off on the plastic.

I wish I had a fake plastic fish to put in the shipment as well…it would be like the mark of Zorro (anybody remember him?).